jane, clock is ticking. >> reporter: we are a month away from the start of the school year here in philadelphia and we still don't know if schools will indeed open up on time and we don't know what classrooms will look like if they do opened but that is all about to change. src was supposed to hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss just this, that has been scrapped, instead, as team members and superintendent william hite will make a big announcement about the future of the school district. it is hundreds of philadelphia schoolteachers, including nefertiti white continue to experience year after a year. >> 2011 i was the receiving even of the layoff notice. i was fortunate enough to get called back in august but you sees where you don't know whether you will come back to your job. >> reporter: now again with the 81 million-dollar deficit the school district of philadelphia is facing another round of tough cuts. possible layoffs, class sizes, up to 40 kids and cuts to programs, even security. >> this is basically a

national embarrassment. >> reporter: as decision looms at headquarters whether schools even have the funds to open safely on september 8th, state senator vincent hughes called on his colleagues in harrisburg to get back to work. >> we need to take care of the cigarette tax and take that done but we need a fair funding formula. >> it is a formula that ties needs of different school district the funding. >> reporter: together he and gubernatorial candidate tom wolf faulted a lack of leadership but spokesperson for governor tom corbett says basic education funning commission was just create todd explore what would constitute the a fair formula. in the meantime parents feel caught in the middle. >> this whole school open on time. >> reporter: just last week governor corbett did advance millions in state fund as schools could open but jill yam hite says that shifts new money feign new money isn't found wow have to layoff 1300 employees. now that proposed and now stalled $2 per pack cigarette tax was supposed to plug this

81 million-dollar budget gap but lawmakers aren't scheduled to return to harrisburg until september and it is clune clear if they will act on that. so i big day at school budget headquarters here in spring garden, tomorrow again. superintendent william hite scheduled to make an announcement about the budget and beginning of the school year and any possible layoffs. reporting live, jane carabao, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that will be a closely watch event tomorrow, jane, thanks very much. stay with "eyewitness news" we will have continuing coverage for you of the philadelphia school budget crisis, we will stream tomorrow's src news conference, live on cbs philly.com, and tune in for that at 10:00 a.m. well, less than one hour from now people will gather in philadelphia to remember an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police in missouri. shooting of 18 year-old mike brown in the town of ferguson has spark several days of unrest. last night, the struggle between protesters and police, ended in tear gas and arrests

and more anger. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live at love park with more on what will happen here tonight, diana? >> reporter: chris, as you mentioned this event is scheduled to get underway just about an hour from now. we have already seen a number of people showing up, organizers stress this is not a rally or a protest but a moment of cile tones remember 18 year-old mike brown and, of course, he is teenager who was killed in ferguson on saturday, shot by police, the suburbs of st. louis. there have been days of unrest there, community members are demanding answers, and today state's governor is announcing a highway patrol will be taking over and replacing the town's police force and police chief. national moment of silence is also on to honor other who tied at the hand of police and stand with those in ferguson who have been seeing four days of rallies, riots and protest. tonight president obama asked for peace. >> when something like this

happens, the local authorities have a spent to be opened and transparent about how they are investigating that death and how they are protecting the people in their communities. there is never an excuse for violence against police. there is also no excuse for police to use excessive force begins peaceful protests. >> reporter: again this moment of silence will be observed nationwide. there will be no designated speakers just signs, and names of those being honored. again this event gets underway in about an hour. live from love park tonight i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have have a report from ferguson, missouri, that is coming up next right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. new tonight at 6:00 chaka fattah junior says he will be vindicated, he pleaded not guilty to financial fraud charges. but it is "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter tells us the previously out spoken son of the pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah was much more quiet following his

second court appearance today. >> mr. fattah you have been on talk shows, you have spoken extensively to us why aren't you able to talk to us today? >> reporter: chaka fattah had much less to say at his second appearance in federal court where he pleaded not guilty to charges he defrauded the philadelphia school district, banks and irs out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> in the past you have spoken to us at length and spoken on the radio and print you are not talking to day. >> i stand by what i said. >> reporter: following his indictment nine days ago fattah junior had spoken at length with reporters claiming his prosecution was part of the vendetta aimed at his father congressman chaka fattah a claim he reiterated as he left court. >> you really feel like this prosecution is driven by some kind of vengeance in your father. >> no doubt bit. >> reporter: since his first court appearance here august 5th when he was indicted, fattah junior's legal situation has become much more complicated. specifically his former

roommate has now pleaded guilty on federal fraud charges, agreeing to cooperate with the government and even testify against him. are you concerned at all with the decision by your roommate to plead guilty to charges at all. despite his quiet key meaner fattah junior did make a very clear prediction about the outcome of his upcoming trial. >> i will be completely vindicated. >> reporter: he remains free, on bail, at the u.s. courthouse, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". search is on tonight the for person who killed a man at a concert, that was ironically, promoting peace. it happened outside dell music center in fairmount park, a man in his 20's was rush to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. now to a wild police chase through philadelphia's manayunk neighborhood that ended with a crash. chopper three over the scene near flat rock road this morning. that driver ran away after the crash and police aren't sure if the driver ran deeper in to

the brush or just into the schuylkill river. there is in word on what prompt that had chase. new information now on that big casino heist at caesars atlantic city. today we have over first look at five of the eight suspects in this case. investigators believe it was an inside job. state police tell us they believe that isaiah plumber and aaron evans entered the casino through a side door and then robbed it of $180,000. caesars had fired plumber just a few weeks earlier from his job as a security guard. >> during the robbery they pointed a gun at one of the employees as money exchange was taking place and they left with proceeds of approximately $180,000 through that side door. >> investigators say they have recovered about $150,000 worth of cash property and drugs. the also of note the a delaware state trooper was shot during manhunt for two of these suspects that he was not seriously injured. democratic national convention site committee is

now off to phoenix but city of philadelphia hopes they will be back to throw a big party here in 2015. moments ago a farewell reception for commit thee members was held at the art museum. the 18 member group spent their final day in philadelphia answering questions about logistics and security and how city plans to raise as much as 80 million-dollar. city leaders are confident that philadelphia will win this convention. >> it is all about the d's, it is but the delegates, it is about the donors, it business the democratic nominee and it is about details. i think they understand this site committee understands that we have all of those bases covered. >> in addition to philadelphia, and phoenix, the other contenders are brooklyn, birmingham, and columbus, ohio. philadelphia's taney dragons has certainly proven that they are a full of surprises. >> after about the four or four pitches i was like wow.

>> even star players could not believe his yeast. hear from mone davis parents. also find out how they are feeling before their big game in williams port tomorrow, kate. today turned out to be a beautiful day feeling like september instead of august we are tracking a couple showers just spotty ones across the region. we will have the full forecast and let you know how long this nice weather last, kathy is live in ocean city, hi kathy. >> kate, it would never rain on the ocean city baby parade, parade ended, they are judging right now, beach is still crowded, beautiful day, getting windy with the sea breeze this afternoon but plenty of blue skies we will let you know how long it will last as "eyewitness news", continues. hi beasley. >> final walk through for eagles ahead of tomorrow night's preseason fame in new england. nick foles looking to make better decisions with the football like decisions he made all last season. we will hear from the eagles quarterback coming up in sports.

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news" at 11:00. well, philadelphia's own taney dragons will take the field tomorrow at little league world series. >> they are first philadelphia team to ever make it to the series. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is with the the team and their nervous parents in williamsport. >> reporter: beautiful day for some baseball and batting practice. phillies favorite little leaguers were locked in at the the cages. the here's hoping they are match balls like this during friday's game. they take own south east regional champs 3:59. >> i'm excited but nervous. i want them to show everybody how great they are and perform well and have fun and enjoy the experience. >> reporter: while the kids swung, their parents looked on, a few made their way up to williamsport on thursday and rest will follow on friday, including the parents of the star pitcher mone davis. >> sacrifice that he is come with with her playing sports was a lot of driving, putting off a lot of, everything, vacations. >> reporter: when they do arrive they will see a town

that lives and breathes little league baseball. likely drive right past williamsport if you don't know it was here a sleepy town that comes live when kids show up. >> we're here. we're at the big show. so, sucking it in, slowly, it is still surreal but it is a good time. >> reporter: after practice it was just rest for taney dragons. they didn't even talk to reporters just getting close to game time. while they say goal, it is to have fun these kids really want to win too. it has been one tournament have after another for these kids, all summer long or even staying in separate house nothing williamsport, so for some parents who are arriving here tomorrow, the first time they will be seeing their kids in the few taste will be as they are taking field for friday's game. we're in williamsport the matt rivers cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can get taney merchandise to show your support for hometown team, t-shirts are available at three mow dell stores, stores on snyder avenue, oregon avenue and chestnut street have gear thaw will need to cheer on the team. get this 100 percent of

the proceeds are donated back to the league. >> you can cheer on the taney dragons with that gear on from philadelphia city hall tomorrow afternoon. pep rally will be held at 2:00 and game will be broadcast on the big screen tv in the city hall courtyard. we know today is the day that kathy orr looks forward to every year, she's been talking about it for weeks now. she's very excite. >> we all love this day. orr at the shore in ocean city for annual baby parade, kathy, we saw great babies. do we have a winner. >> we do, we don't know the name yet. judges haven't told us yet because not everything is in but we will have that for you tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. is there all different kind of categories, people prepare for this. the entire year, we will show you some of the parade that just ended moments ago but first we have to talk a little bit about weather. i want to show you behind me because this boardwalk is pack. beach is busy as well.

in one really wants to leave because weather is just so beautiful. it is family fun night on the boards. we have a lot of excitement down the shore and already begun for weekend. lets look at storm scan three and show you what is going on here. we have had a few showers in montgomery and lancaster counties. please ab wear of that if it is getting dark in your neighborhood know thaw could see a shower or a heavy shower passing by, fairly quickly. temperatures around the region looking decent. in philadelphia 79. a little breezy. wilmington 75. trenton 76. down the shore very breezy in barnegat, 76 ocean city 78, stone harbor 77. cape may 76 degrees. here's the shore's three day nothing but sunshine friday and saturday with highs in the 80's. chance of the late day shower or thunderstorm on sunday, temperatures still in the 80's. back here live i will show you down here at music perrer this is they are announcing the winners for baby parade. we have video that we shot a

few minutes ago and we have all different kind of little actors and actresses in the baby parade and different categories. here are the rules. you have to be between infant and also ten years old. we saw a lot of toddlers in it. is there different categories, fancy category, comic, category and also the best float. sound a lot like mummers. this parade is a 105 years old, just a few breaks during wartime but it has been a amazing day here at the ocean city baby parade. i hope you even eye those great picks pure we will have more at 11:00. we are looking at a great day, great evening and good looking weekend at least down the shore. for a look what it will be like at home we will send it inside to kate, hi kate. >> looks great down the shore, looks great. here's another shore community atlantic city with the waves rolling in. sunnies still shining there. i want to show you time lapses

though we will start off in berks county this back at whitefield elementary school on our neighborhood network. beautiful day, sunny, pleasant and then dark cloud rowing in and watch the quick downpour hit ago this area it has cleared out and sunny again. that is shower in montgomery county. also an area that didn't get any showers look at the rehoboth beach delaware, all day long you can walk from umbrella to umbrella along the beach it is starting to thin out, 77 degrees there showers have formed pot west and notice tonight we will see showers move on through. can't rule one out in the city, keep an eye to the sky. they are localized but heavy downpours as we just awe near reading and right now near pottstown f you get stuck outside it could soak you quickly. feeling like fall or late sum here as we get in the friday with temperatures in the 07's, low from the west, high pressure stays overhead on saturday bringing us a return flow from the southwest and will help us get back in the

80's. great start to the weekend. sunday looking fantastic as well, then watch for showers to roll role in the the afternoon. majority is dry and pleasant in the city, down the shore and poconos. here is your forecast sunny and fall like friday friday. 68 degrees. saturday sunny and nice at 7o on sunday just a chance for shower getting there sooner in the poconos at 74. for mountain high. as far as tonight cool and crisp. we don't see nights in the 50's until mid to late september so enjoy this leave windows open. don't need air conditioning tonight. cool start to your friday, may even want a light jacket or sweater early friday morning. we won't need it in the afternoon as we get to 79 degrees, sunny and it will be gorgeous. here is eyewitness weather seven day forecast, and again if you like nice weather we have it made here next couple days, 79 sunny, september like for friday and we are up to 48 with sunshine on the saturday. maybe dodging a few afternoon showers on sunday but outdoor plans better on saturday, errands on sunday but pretty

nice weekend. monday looks good the at 85. another chance for rain coming in on tuesday and then we will try to clear it out next wednesday and thursday. doesn't look quite as settled next week but again get outside and energy tomorrow if you have. you have a sick day coming tomorrow it might be the day to phone it in. >> yes. >> good advice kate, thanks. good evening, everyone, we are still dealing with a mixture of major russias we look at 95, southbound i-95 out of the far northeast philadelphia coming to street road to the bucks county area. we have an accident that has been moved towards the shoulder right in the media. notice tow truck pulling vehicle out of the way. traveling southbound on i9 five you are delayed from this point approaching woodhaven down through vine street expressway and then making your way down towards south philadelphia because one direction is in town. the as we continue we will take you elsewhere, as we move new to the platt bridge, heading in the westbound direction towards the airport on the platt we have a disable

vehicle blocking the right-hand lane, it is delays thing at pen rose. traveling opposite direction you are delayed the entire length. watch t for still return hour delays in the usual spots and schuylkill, vine 476 and then gannon i-95 but stay with us on cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

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preseason game number two against patriots, starters should play in the second quarter, jeremy maclin did not participate in this morning's walk through, he has a sore hamstring and he is questionable for tomorrow's game. fans looking to see a better outing from nick foles last week he threw two interception as begins chicago and will be going this time begins one of the best defensive backfields in the league. >> conceptually just running the play, being smart with the

football they will run their coverage and try to make plays and lure me into things. that is why they are great. they are able to jump on football and entice quarterbacks but just trust my reads, and screen in front of the football. >> phillies with the night off cole hamels will take the hill tomorrow when they face giants, and phillies had a lead for the second night in a row last night in anaheim, jimmy rollins made it two-one with the fourth inning single to score carlos ruiz and once again, in the sixth inning, the angels made a come back. kendricks bloop single off aj burnett scored two runs. angels scored ten runs in the sixth inning. they beat phillies for ninth straight time four-three was the final taney dragons aren't the only little league team. robbinsville, new jersey team won the little league softball world series last night, beating louisiana four-one it is their first world championship. they out scored their opponents 41-four. ice bucket challenge has

become a big hit torque day phillies general manager reuben amaro junior and former eagles coach andy reid manned up and dumped ice coal water over their heads to raise awareness for als. way to go, guys, that is great. >> that is great. >> doing good things a lot of fans who would have like to have done that. >> yes. >> all right beasley, thanks. >> we will be right back. this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station wpsg the the cw philly and we are right back here at 11:00. stay tuned for "cbs evening news" tonight, state police take over in ferguson, missouri after several nights of rioting there plus a disease that robin williams kept from the public, here now with that and all of the days news from new york is scott

pelley. >> pelley: tonight, after another night of protests in the st. louis suburbs, state police are moving in, and the president makes an appeal. >> now's the time for healing. now's the time for peace and calm on the street of ferguson. >> pelley: mark strassman is there. jim axelrod on how protesters are using social media. president obama declares america has broken the siege in northern iraq, but we found a humanitarian crisis continues. david martin and charlie d'agata report. john blackstone tells us robin williams was battling a disease the public never knew about. and elaine quijano with chicago's dream team, little leaguers with big ambitions. >> there are still positive things going on in chicago.